Andrés Reséndez is a
historian
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at the
University of California, Davis
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. His specialties are
Mexican history
The written history of Mexico spans more than three millennia. First populated more than 13,000 years ago, central and southern Mexico (termed Mesoamerica) saw the rise and fall of complex indigenous civilizations. Mexico would later develop ...
, early exploration and colonization of the
Americas
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Along with th ...
and the Pacific Ocean, and borderlands history.
In 2017, Reséndez won the
Bancroft Prize
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It was established in 1948, with a bequest from Frederic Bancroft, in his memory and that of his brother, ...
in American History and Diplomacy for ''The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America''.
Early life
Reséndez grew up in Mexico City.
Education and career
He received his Bachelor's degree in International relations at
el Colegio de México
El Colegio de México, A.C. (commonly known as Colmex, English: The College of Mexico) is a Mexican institute of higher education, specializing in teaching and research in social sciences and humanities.
The college was founded in 1940 by the Mex ...
in 1992 and worked in the Mexican government briefly around that time. In 1997, he received his Ph.D. in history at the
University of Chicago
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. During his years as a graduate student, Reséndez served as a consultant for historical soap operas. He went on to teach at
Yale University
Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...
and
University of Helsinki
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. He is currently a professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Davis.
Books
* ''Conquering the Pacific: An Unknown Mariner and the Final Great Voyage of the Age of Discovery,'' Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.
* ''The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America'', Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
* ''A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca,'' Basic Books, 2007.
* ''Changing National Identities at the Frontier: Texas and New Mexico, 1800–1850,'' Cambridge University Press. 2005.
* ''A Texas Patriot on Trial in Mexico: José Antonio Navarro and the Texan Santa Fe Expedition,'' edited and translated with an introduction and notes by Andrés Reséndez. Dallas: DeGolyer Library/Clements Center for Southwest Studies, 2005.
* ''Caught Between Profits and Rituals: National Contestation in Texas and New Mexico, 1821–1848,'' University of Chicago, 1997
See also
*
Slavery among the indigenous peoples of the Americas
Slavery among the indigenous peoples of the Americas refers to slavery of and by the indigenous peoples of the Americas. The history of slavery spans all regions of the world; during the Pre-Columbian era, many societies in the Americas enslaved ...
References
External links
Andres Resendezon
C-SPAN
Faculty profilefor University of California, Davis
University of California, Davis faculty
21st-century American historians
21st-century American male writers
Historians of the United States
Historians of Mexico
Historians of Texas
University of Chicago alumni
El Colegio de México alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Bancroft Prize winners
American male non-fiction writers
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